A 24-Year-Old Spammer Is Earning Thousands Of Dollars Per Day On Pinterest

An anonymous 24-year-old spammer is making thousands of dollars
per day posting on Pinterest.

As
reported by The Daily Dot, the spammer -- who identifies
himself only as Steve -- has been using a combination of spambots
and Amazon affiliate accounts to make as much
as $1,900 a day. He's been doing it since February 20th.

He previously did similar things on Twitter and Facebook, but says that Pinterest is now "by
FAR the easiest social network to spam right now. Quite possibly
the easiest ever to spam. It requires almost no work to get
started and no money to invest. "

Here's how he does it, as first uncovered by
Total Pinterest. He has bots pinning thousands of pictures of
dresses and boots, and "liking" those pictures so they rise in
the site's popular index. That gets the pictures in front of real
people.

All the accounts are dummy accounts containing a link to an
Amazon affiliate account. When people on Pinterest click through
the link to buy the product on Amazon, Steve gets a cut.

So far, Pinterest has only killed one of the many spambots he
uses.

Steve says that other people are doing the same thing, and that
automated bots are coming, but he boasts that he's about three
weeks ahead of the game right now.

He also said that he has no problem opening new accounts, despite
the site's
"invitation-only" process: "Trust me when I say Pinterest is
NOT invite only. That’s a marketing ploy to get people
interested, and women will fall for it instantly. No disrespect
intended to anyone."